Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Accomplishments
Software
Timeline
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Mark C. Witthoft

Mark C. Witthoft

Principal Process Engineer
Mooresville,NC

Summary

Dynamic, Process Engineer seeking a position with challenges in the field of emerging technologies. Desire to use lean tools, to clearly interpret opportunities and drive change within the organization. Consistent track record of collaboration with multidisciplinary team, to provide margin improvement. Proven capability to be a change agent, who has challenged the status quo with consistent positive results.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

Principal Process Engineer

CommScope
11.2018 - 05.2023
  • S4, MS Office, Power BI, Minitab, Draft sight, AutoCAD, SharePoint, Teams, WebEx, Zoom and Visio
  • Value Stream Map, Kaizen event, Time studies, SMED, PFMEA etc
  • Manage Engineering (P2 building) and the tool room operations
  • (Hiring manager role)
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Standard work - SOP, ISO14001, TL9000 documentation author/approver
  • Write work instructions, and maintain Process Routing / Drawings
  • Cost savings PIP 2022 ($520K)
  • Power and Fiber optic Hybrid stranding / manufacturing
  • (transfer, install, support)
  • PPCS to record daily PM and KPIV
  • Operations manager substitute
  • (as needed)
  • Budget and financial analysis for capital asset requests
  • (PTP) - Product Transfer Process lead
  • Fiber buffer line relocation
  • (transfer, install, controls upgrades and support)
  • Radiation safety officer (X-ray metrology in use)
  • Business Continuity team member
  • SME multidiscipline
  • Responsible for scrap report out to BU quality lead, with project assignment – Continuous Improvement facing.

Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer

04.2003 - 11.2018
  • Cable concept design development to release (AVA5-50, AVA6-50, AL4RPV-50, AL4RPV-50, AVA5-50FX)
  • Process gas replacement
  • (GWP reduction achieved corporate governance goal EHS target AOS)
  • Process improvement - revised tooling & crosshead design to fix cable jacket defects improving uptime by over 100%
  • Generate product deviations as requested based on risk analysis and mitigation
  • Manufacturing Facility Layout (green field) design process flow
  • Process instructor: develop training for Weld and Extrusion operator and tester training
  • Train and release training operators
  • (pollination)
  • Core/cable prototyping R&D
  • Broadband cable development
  • Joliet facility closure, relocation to support NC consolidation in 2014.

Education

Operations Management And Supervision

Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory, NC
04.2018 - 08.2018

Engineering (Pre-Engineering)

Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL
05.2004 - 12.2004

CAD Technology

Mitchell Community College
Mooresville, NC
05.2016 - 08.2016

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Additional Information

  • Patents: 7446257 Coaxial Cable with Fine Wire Inner Conductor, and Method of Manufacture. 7902456 Thermal Mass Compensated Dielectric Foam Support Structures for Coaxial Cables and Method of Manufacture.

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 7 staff members, including Process Engineers and Tool and Die Makers.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to calculate BOM usage given different thicknesses of copper used under a temporary deviation.
  • Documented and resolved C Band failure which led to cost savings of $150K in one run alone. (scrap reduction)

Software

SAP S4 HANA

Draftsight

Power BI

Minitab

MS Office Suite

Visio

MS Teams, PowerPoint, Project, Sharepoint

Excel intermediate training

Concur - expense reporting

Ariba - SAP Purchasing module

Timeline

Principal Process Engineer

CommScope
11.2018 - 05.2023

Operations Management And Supervision

Catawba Valley Community College
04.2018 - 08.2018

CAD Technology

Mitchell Community College
05.2016 - 08.2016

Engineering (Pre-Engineering)

Joliet Junior College
05.2004 - 12.2004

Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer

04.2003 - 11.2018
Mark C. WitthoftPrincipal Process Engineer